Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google webmaster help'

It has been just over a year since Google opened the new Google help forums. The official date seemed to be the Google Talkabout forum in September 25, 2008, but most Google services didn't move over until later. The Google...

Posted on September 29, 2009 9:51 AM

A Google Webmaster Help thread has a report that Google's preferred domain setting section in Google Webmaster Tools is not working. When some webmasters click on the "Settings" link on the left hand side, they get a response from Google...

Posted on December 29, 2008 7:56 AM

I see them every day, the newbie SEO post. Almost every SEO goes through it at one point. They ask a newbie question and people in the industry are nice enough to answer it. Some mock others, but overwhelming, the...

Posted on December 24, 2008 8:16 AM

It is now official! Google Webmaster Helps Groups has officially closed yesterday and they have opened up a new discussions area at Google Webmaster Help. Susan from Google explained that the archives at the old group "will remain read-only, but...

Posted on December 5, 2008 8:20 AM

Typically, TLDs (top level domains) that end with country specific IDs cannot be geo-targeted in Google Webmaster Tools. For example, if you own domain.co.il, you typically cannot set the Geographic target of that domain to England or the US. But...

Posted on September 23, 2008 8:25 AM

Beu notes a Google Webmaster Help Center document that the following paragraph has been removed: “Consider creating static copies of dynamic pages. Although the Google index includes dynamic pages, they comprise a small portion of our index. If you suspect...

Posted on August 18, 2008 9:42 AM

A Google Groups thread has confirmation from Google that Google's Webmaster Tools may be reporting incorrect 404 status reports. In fact, for this site, Google has reported over a 150 pages not found, in the webmaster tools section. The fact...

Posted on July 31, 2008 8:01 AM

JohnMu, an SEO turned Googler, back in August of last year, has been one of the most active Googlers in webmaster communication in the past recent months. On July 4th, he announced he is taking a vacation until July 21st,...

Posted on July 10, 2008 8:17 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread is reporting either a somewhat widespread glitch in Google Webmaster Tools or some sites that are having issues. I am personally able to validate the issues, so let me show them to you. I logged into Google...

Posted on July 8, 2008 8:02 AM

The second Google webmaster live chat event is now over. I love these things and I wanted to make sure that you all can listen to what took place, just in case you missed it. The agenda went as follows:...

Posted on June 19, 2008 7:00 PM

Google has announced the details of the second live chat session for webmasters and Googlers. The first live chat session was a huge success, I posted transcripts and so on at our site if you missed it. The next live...

Posted on June 17, 2008 7:43 AM

Google Webmaster Tools seems to have a new bug which does not allow you to delete or remove your sitemaps file from your profile. Several reports came from Google Groups starting on May 27th. All have reported that no matter...

Posted on May 30, 2008 7:56 AM

As reported, Google held their first live chat even hosted by the Google Webmaster Help team. I listened and participated in the live chat event, and I can personally attest that it was a huge success. I believe there were...

Posted on March 31, 2008 7:14 AM